ENGH 302: Advanced Composition

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General Information

Credits: 3

Description:

Builds on the skills and mindsets that student writers develop in their Mason Core Written Communications lower-level course. Advanced Composition focuses on rhetorical flexibility, inquiry-based research, and a writing process oriented toward investigating and responding to meaningful questions relevant to students’ field of study. Students learn to critically read, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize sources. They also learn to understand and to use disciplinary and linguistic conventions as they adapt their writing for different genres, audiences, and purposes. Notes: Students must attain a minimum grade of C to fulfill degree requirements.Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.

Mason Core: Mason Core, Written Communication (upper)

Specialized Designation: Mason Impact.

Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of 45 credits.

Registration Restrictions:

Required Prerequisites: (ENGH 100^C, 100^XS, 101^C, 101^XS, U101, 122^C, 122^XS, ENGL 100^C, 101^C, U101, 122^C, HNRS 110^C, 110^XS, NCLC 203^C, INTS 203^C or 203^XS) and (ARAB 325^D, 325^XS, 325^XP, L325, 365^D, CHIN 310^D, 310^XS, 310^XP, L310, 311^D, 311^XS, 311^XP, 325^D, L325, 325^XS, 325^XP, 328^D, 328^XS, 328^XP, CLAS 250^D, U250, 250^XS, 250^XP, 260^D, 260^XS, 260^XP, 340^D, 340^XS, 340^XP, 350^D, 350^XS, 350^XP, 360^D, 360^XS, 360^XP, 380^D, 380^XS, 380^XP, ENGH 201^D, U201, 201^XS, 201^XP, 202^D, U202, 202^XS, 202^XP, 203^D, U203, 203^XS, 203^XP, 204^D, U204, 204^XS, 204^XP, FREN 325^D, L325, 325^XS, 325^XP, 329^D, 329^XS, 329^XP, FRLN 330^D, 330^XS, 330^XP, L330, GERM 325^D, 325^XS, 325^XP, ITAL 320^D, 320^XS, 320^XP, 325^D, L325, 325^XS, 325^XP, JAPA 340^D, 340^XS, 340^XP, KORE 311^D, 311^XS, 311^XP, PHIL 253^D, 253^XS, 253^XP, 100T, 173T, 151T, RELI 235^D, 235^XS, 235^XP, U235, 333^D, 333^XS, 333^XP, RUSS 325^D, 325^XS, 325^XP, 326^D, 326^XS, 326^XP, 327^D, 327^XS, 327^XP, SPAN 325^D, L325, 325^XS, 325^XP, ENGH 2---, INTS 101^D, 101^XS, 101^XP, NCLC 101^D, HNRS 131^D, 131^XS, 131^XP, ELED 258^D, U258, 258^XS, 258^XP, HIST 334^D, 334^XS, 334^XP, 381^D, 403^D, RELI 271^D, 271^XS, 271^XP, SEED 370^D, 370^XS, 370^XP, INTS 363^D, 363^XS, 363^XP, RELI 339^D, 339^XS, 339^XP, 334^D, 338^D, ENGH 206^D, 206^XS or 206^XP).
^C Requires minimum grade of C.
^XS Requires minimum grade of XS.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.
^XP Requires minimum grade of XP.

Students with a class of Freshman may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture

Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.